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Grade 6
"The School Play" - BCR using Multiple Perspectives.
"The School Play" - Multiple Perspectives BCR - Tiered (Purcell")
"The School Play" - Multiple Perspectives BCR - Tiered (Purcell)


"The Good Deed" - Change Over Time BCR - Tiered (Purcell)


"The Good Deed" - Icon Homework Activity Sheet (Purcell)


Icon Station - I use this as a 15 minute station. Students read or listen to Miss Nelson is Missing, and then, they complete the activity sheet. (Purcell)


"Eleven" - As students are reading, they will be using an icon bookmark to respond to the story. (Purcell)


"The Voyage of the Dawn Treader" - icons used for a reading guide, summarizing the novel & a culminating project






Grade 7
Grade 8

Mood & Setting Poem - Icons used as a small group discussion tool



"Hallucination" reading guide - Icons used as a reading log


"Tell Tale Heart", "Ransom of Red Chief", "The Elevator" & "Flowers for Algernon" - used in a variety of ways; many for differentiated activities